Soil Rehabilitation
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Surviving Global Warming – Localized Food & Energy Systems in Nature’s Circular Economy
Record-breaking heat waves destroying harvests and worse predicted, localized food and energy systems urgently needed if we are to survive.…
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OrBio – a Cover Crop Strategy for Market Gardens
A bug’s eye view of the sky, from a stand of cover crop Photo © Craig Mackintosh A recent post…
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Soil, not Dirt – Dr Elaine Ingham Talks Soil Microbiology
Dr. Elaine Ingham talks about soil fertility and the role of soil microbial life. Dr. Ingham is a world-renowned soil…
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Healing the Planet Through Photosynthesis and Carbon Sequestration
If we implement wise geoengineering, even eating meat could help tackle the backlog of carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere. Carbon…
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Paradigm Shift Urgently Needed In Agriculture – UN Agencies Call for an End to Industrial Agriculture & Food System
A rising chorus from UN agencies on how food security, poverty, gender inequality and climate change can all be addressed…
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Wildlife Friendly Gardening Begins Beneath Us
Why dig? Why turn over tonnes of topsoil year after year. We know permanent soil has properties that annual crops…
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Get Your Food from a Firehose
We have been delving into the dirty secret behind our food, which is that it comes from bacteria — primarily,…
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Using Gutter Waste as Compost for Your Garden
One chore that must be done a few times a year is cleaning out the gutters of our homes. Many…
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Maximum Yield Cropping System (MYCS)
There are many economic, social and environmental benefits to be gained by increasing the current yield from existing food production…
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Report on Permaculture Training in Dembe Dollo, Western Ethiopia (Part 3)
This is part three of a report on a community training program we ran in Dembe Dolo, Wolega, Eastern Ethiopia…
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Kat Chang’s Farm in Guangzhou (China)
This farm outside of Guangzhou turned out exactly to be what I was hoping; a place to garden, to write…
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UNCCD Land for Life Award Winner – TEMA (Turkey)
The UNCCD’s Land for Life Award winners were announced on the World Day to Combat Desertification, 17 June 2012, during…
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